The San José State volleyball team returns to the mainland for Mountain West matches against UC Davis this Friday and Saturday evenings. The two teams face each other as members of the same conference as the Aggies joined the Mountain West this past July.
San José State enters the weekend with a 6-11 overall record and 1-5 MW mark after dropping a pair of conference matches at Hawai‘i (3-0) last weekend. The Spartans are looking to break a three-match losing streak.
MW+: All San José State home matches and conference road matches will be broadcast on MW+. MW+ has annual ($79.99/year) and monthly ($10.99/month) options to provide flexibility.
Play-by Play - Thomas Dunn (Thurs.); Dennis Ackerman (Sat.)
Analyst - former Spartan setter Breann Robinson (2014-17) - 5th all-time in assists at SJSU with 2,656
ABOUT UC DAVIS: The Aggies enter the weekend with an 8-9 overall record and 4-2 Mountain West mark. The team is tied for second in the conference standings with New Mexico after falling twice to the Lobos last weekend. UC Davis joined the Mountain West this season after competing in the Big West Conference. UCD had one of the early-season upsets, defeating then No. 7 Arizona State, 3-1, in Tempe. Head coach Dan Conners is in his 13th year at the school with a 180-160 record.
Series Record - San José State leads the series 4-2.
First Meeting - W, 3-0, September 27, 1977, San Jose
Last Meeting - L, 3-0, August 30, 2019, Davis
Last SJSU Win - 3-0, September 6, 2006, Spartan Gym
Current Streak - L2
Last 10 meetings - 4-2
Last meetings: The Spartans’ last win in the series came in 2006 when SJSU won 3-0. Four Spartans recorded 10+kills in the win, led by Courtney Lorusso with 17, Jennifer Senftleben at 16, Niki Clement with 12 and Colleen Burke with 11. Setter Kristina Conrad had a double-double with 48 assists and 11 digs.
SJSU dropped the last meeting, 3-0, at the Aggie Invitational in 2019. Current assistant coach Haylee Nelson led the team with 10 kills and hit .474 in the loss.
HEWITT-SMITH ENTERS SJSU CAREER LIST: In just her second season as a Spartan, senior Ava Hewitt-Smith has entered the San José State top-10 career solo block list. She begins the week with 50 solo blocks in 43 matches in a Spartan uniform. Hewitt-Smith needs just one solo block to tie Tanya Hart (1991-94) at 51 for ninth and three to tie Lisa Ice and Gayle Olsen with 53. Barbara Higgins (1984-87) recorded 107 solo blocks to set the school record.
UP NEXT: The Spartans travel to Albuquerque for matches against New Mexico on October 23 and 25 at 7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT. Both matches will be played at The Pit.
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